On how he met Ric: “Got a phone call one afternoon. He said he’d like to meet me because he was watching me do this number on this television show called ‘Upbeat,’ and [we] became friends after that and pretty much stuck together through the years.” — “Rock Of The World” interview with host Phil Harvey, 1986
Mod Socks by The Grasshoppers (written by Carl Maduri and Lou Pratile, 1965)
Well who wears mod socks?
Well, girls wear mod socks.
My sister wears mod socks.
My mother wears mod socks.
My aunt wears mod socks.
Now Benny wears mod socks.
Girls wear mod socks.
My friends wear mod socks.
My mother wears mod socks.
My aunt wears mod socks.
My cousin wears mod socks.
My fans wear mod socks, let’s go now….
Well I said who wears mod socks?
Girls wear mod socks.
Your sister wears mod socks.
Your mother wears mod socks.
Your aunt wears mod socks.
Now Benny wears mod socks.
Girls wear mod socks.
Your sister wears mod socks.
My granny wears mod socks.
Your cousin wears mod socks.
Your sister wears mod socks.
Your mother wears mod socks
I said who wears mod socks?
I said who wears mod socks?
My baby’s got some mod socks.
Yeah I think those are mod socks.*
Go on and grab some mod socks.*
Come on and grab some mod socks, yeah right now*
sweetpurplejune 